Studies of fossil footprints are showing us intimate snapshots of ancient peoples' lives. They are a fantastic addition to our archaeologica..
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Spot visual patterns in humanity’s many scripts and boost the science exploring graphical communication with the online game Glyph, says Lay..
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Extreme-velocity stars, which travel through the Milky Way with speeds of hundreds of kilometres per second, may come from dwarf galaxies th..
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The standard model of particle physics has stood the test of time for decades, but now a new measurement of a particle called the W boson co..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315418-particle-physics-could-be-rewritten-after-shock-w-boson-measurement/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Amargasaurus was an unusual long-necked sauropod dinosaur with pairs of 60-centimetre-tall spines on its neck bones – and we now know they s..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314863-strange-sauropod-dinosaurs-had-sails-on-top-of-their-long-necks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A portrait of three intrepid glaciologists brings the reality of climate change and glacial melting into sharp focus in this powerful docume..
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Kalasatama, a former cargo port in Finland’s capital, is acting as a test bed for new ideas that could help the city reach a goal of zero ca..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314410-the-helsinki-neighbourhood-leading-the-way-to-zero-carbon-cities/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Most ideas about the function of dreams involve memory consolidation or managing emotions, but dreams may also serve to increase our sense o..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315468-listening-to-friends-tell-you-about-their-dreams-helps-develop-empathy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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Skin cells have been exposed to molecules that reverse their development but still retain their function, creating a kind of stem cell that ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315485-anti-ageing-technique-makes-skin-cells-act-30-years-younger/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Fully homomorphic encryption allows us to run analysis on data without ever seeing the contents. It could help us reap the full benefits of ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433810-300-an-extreme-form-of-encryption-could-solve-big-datas-privacy-problem/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The world's rivers and their modern challenges are captured in dramatic photographs drawn from River, a new nature documentary that highligh..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433810-100-earths-vital-rivers-captured-in-stunning-drone-and-satellite-images/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Rat sperm cells derived from stem cells in the lab were used to fertilise eggs and produce healthy offspring for the first time in a procedu..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315289-rat-pups-born-from-sperm-artificially-produced-from-stem-cells/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The weak nuclear force is the fundamental force responsible for radioactive beta decay.
https://www.newscientist.com/definition/weak-nuclear-force/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The UK government has released a plan to end the country's reliance on gas, but the decisions to ignore quick wins like insulation and favou..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315436-uk-energy-security-strategy-wont-provide-enough-energy-or-security/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

It isn't clear how marine life contributes to the roil of the ocean, but researchers working off the coast of Spain have found turbulent mix..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315414-anchovies-stirring-up-the-sea-may-be-influencing-ocean-mixing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A famous triceratops skeleton that was auctioned recently for $7.7 million has an injury to its head shield that probably came from another ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315393-a-triceratops-called-big-john-seems-to-have-been-stabbed-in-the-head/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The standard model of particle physics has stood the test of time for decades, but now a new measurement of a particle called the W boson co..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315418-shocking-w-boson-result-could-rewrite-fundamentals-of-particle-physics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

With record numbers of people in England and Wales testing positive for covid-19, many want to know the significance of the lines on a posit..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315017-your-guide-to-the-uks-covid-19-testing-rules-and-how-lfts-really-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A new wave of archaeological investigations is reconstructing intimate details of our ancestors' lives from fossilised footprints. They give..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433812-600-how-fossil-footprints-are-revealing-the-joy-and-fear-of-stone-age-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A tsunami 3800 years ago devastated the coastline of Chile and encouraged hunter-gatherers to move inland, where they stayed for the next 10..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315204-ancient-chilean-tsunami-scared-local-people-away-for-1000-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Using more than 123,000 MRI scans from over 101,000 humans - from a 16.5-week fetus to 100 year olds - scientists have mapped how our brain ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315189-map-of-how-our-brain-changes-with-age-could-help-diagnose-diseases/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Flexible objects are difficult for robots to handle, but a new approach could allow artificial nurses to help patients dress
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315052-robotic-nurse-can-dress-a-mannequin-in-a-hospital-gown/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Splitting a robot’s AI brain into modules that handle simpler tasks means it can be trained more quickly, but that may come at the cost of a..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315030-robot-learns-to-open-doors-by-splitting-the-task-into-three-easy-steps/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Amazon has placed the largest ever order for commercial rocket launches, booking up much of the global capacity for the next five years as p..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315215-what-does-amazons-attempt-to-dominate-space-mean-for-everyone-else/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Some spider monkeys living in the Amazon rainforest mostly live on fruit, but choose to eat ones containing larval insects as a way of boost..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315033-spider-monkeys-actively-choose-to-eat-fruit-infested-with-insects/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A set of ancient footprints seems to show children splashing around in water that had pooled in tracks left by a now-extinct ground sloth
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314366-ancient-footprints-show-children-splashed-in-puddles-11500-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Scientists have designed a new message to spark conversation with alien civilisations, and that suggest a game of chess could keep the discu..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314644-scientists-want-to-play-chess-with-aliens-as-soon-as-we-can-find-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Statistics for covid-19 in hospitals aren’t overblown, because even if people are in hospital for something else, adding covid-19 into the e..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314916-we-shouldnt-dismiss-incidental-covid-19-infections-in-uk-hospitals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A robot scientist repeated experiments from 74 studies on breast cancer cells, and only 22 yielded the expected result, suggesting researche..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314940-robot-scientist-finds-most-breast-cancer-studies-arent-reproducible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The UK has announced plans to create its own non-fungible tokens in a bid to demonstrate its enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314737-why-is-the-uk-government-getting-into-nfts-and-is-it-a-good-idea/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Dogs have more “fast-twitch” muscle fibres around their eyes and mouths than wolves do, which allows them to make more facial expressions
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314938-dogs-use-fast-acting-face-muscles-to-help-them-make-puppy-dog-eyes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Solar panels are cooler than the night air, creating a temperature difference that can be exploited to produce electricity
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314957-solar-panels-that-work-at-night-produce-enough-power-to-charge-a-phone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The IPCC’s latest report shows we have the tools to make fast cuts in emissions – all that’s missing is the political will
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314966-we-can-still-avert-climate-catastrophe-but-there-is-barely-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Radio wave pulses burn the nerves in the walls of the arteries that feed the kidneys, reducing the nerves' activity and lowering blood press..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314762-high-blood-pressure-may-be-treated-by-burning-nerves-near-the-kidneys/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Findings from the biggest genetic study of Alzheimer’s to date could help people at high risk of the disease take action to delay or prevent..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314760-genes-linked-to-alzheimers-may-help-calculate-your-risk-of-getting-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Computer analysis has shown that 19th-century naturalists including Charles Darwin were right: birds near the equator are more colourful
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314776-songbirds-are-more-colourful-the-closer-they-live-to-the-equator/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Astronomers have observed a Jupiter-like planet forming around a young star in a way that we have never seen before
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314719-exoplanet-sighting-shows-how-gas-giants-can-form-far-from-their-stars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

US company Axiom Space is set to send a commercial crew to visit the International Space Station and perform scientific research there for e..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314633-axiom-space-is-launching-the-first-all-commercial-mission-to-the-iss/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A major report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the window for avoiding more than 1.5°C of global warming has a..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314731-global-emissions-must-peak-in-just-three-years-to-stay-below-1-5c/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

New guidelines from the World Health Organization mean that almost everyone on the planet is now affected by harmful air pollution
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314659-harmful-air-pollution-now-affects-99-per-cent-of-everyone-on-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Thanks to the growing collection of genomes for species alive today, researchers have been able to partially reconstruct the genomes of exti..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314627-genomes-of-hundreds-of-extinct-species-revealed-by-rewinding-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews from New Scientist about the covid-19 pandemic
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With energy prices set to rise, European governments must act immediately to reduce consumption and turbocharge renewables
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433803-400-europe-must-tackle-its-energy-crisis-now-or-face-a-very-painful-winter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Under severe warming scenarios, the risk is growing that areas of the western US will experience extreme rainfall within a year or so of bei..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314572-climate-change-may-mean-more-extreme-rain-after-wildfire-in-western-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The International Atomic Energy Agency says the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant is now back in Ukrainian hands, but hasn't conf..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314502-ukraine-reclaims-chernobyl-nuclear-plant-as-russian-forces-withdraw/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Interactive simulacra of the planet are being created to help people and organisations explore the impacts of climate change and how we adap..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314580-fix-the-planet-newsletter-can-a-virtual-earth-help-the-climate-fight/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Film-maker Joshua Zeman searches for a singing whale that can’t be understood by its own kind, in a journey that says much say about the pli..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433800-800-the-loneliest-whale-review-a-moving-search-for-an-elusive-beast/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An analysis of 630 billion words published online suggests that people tend to think of men when using gender-neutral terms, a sexist bias t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2313911-when-people-say-people-online-they-may-mostly-be-thinking-about-men/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

By sending light through urine it’s possible to generate a hologram that can reveal the presence of bacteria or other signs of disease
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314598-holograms-might-speed-up-diagnosis-of-urinary-tract-infection/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home